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We had not gone far into the Woods, before we saw a Company of large black Monkeys, of which we killed several, and then returned to our tent. The Seamen began immediately to dress them thus: They first singed off the Hair, and then took out the Inwards, cleaned the Body, and laid it on a Barbecue to broil; which is made with Sticks laid across some Crutches, set up for that purpose, about Two Foot and a Half from the Ground, under which was made a slow fire : It is done in the same manner as a barbecued Pig. Our People thought these Monkeys excellent Victuals, and eat the very greedily; though for my own Part, I was several Days before I could prevail with my self to taste them, they looking so like young Children broiled.But it was not long before I got over the Prejudice, and eat them as heartily as any of our Men. The Flesh of a Monkey has something of the taste of ill-fed Pork, and are about the Bigness of a full grown Hare.

Oh yes, I remember the other thing I forgot to mention! One of my ILL books came in! The Voyages and Travels of Nathaniel Uring, originally published in 1726. This is a 1938 reprint with an introduction, bound in leather. It is sexay!